The Jacarezinho Massacre and Lethal Drug Policy Enforcement in Brazil
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It’s a Rio de Janeiro classic. Officers of the civil, military or army police make an incursion into a favela. They…
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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [April 2021]
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Ukraine: Instead of drug policy reform, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decree on the circulation of some cannabis-based medicines…
Cruel Cages: How the Most Overcrowded Prison in the World Ignored a Pandemic
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Philippine jails are known for two things – the dancing inmates of Cebu who to the tune of Michael Jackson’s…
Kasia Malinowska: The Foundation Of The U.S. War on Drugs Is Racism
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It has been 50 years since Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs. It is well known today that one…
Drug Decriminalisation in Oregon: How’s It Going So Far?
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Tanesia DeMacon is no stranger to jail. She estimates she was arrested no fewer than 15 times, starting at the…
New psychoactive substances in Estonia: fentanyl, alpha-PVP and harm reduction
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Estonia has historically had an extremely high number of drug-related deaths per capita. However, over the past 3 years, according…
Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring?
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Over the past decade there have been increasing claims that the world is moving towards a critical turning point in…
World Executions for Drug Charges Fell Sharply Amid COVID. It’s Likely Temporary.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world last year, governments executed far fewer people for drug convictions than they did in…
Beyond Duterte: A Legacy Of Punitive Drug Policies In The Philippines
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These days, any invocation of the Philippine drug war instantly summons the figure of Rodrigo Duterte to mind. This is…
Just Say No’ To Zero Tolerance Policies: Why Universities Must Adopt Harm Reduction
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It’s time to adopt a harm-reduction approach to student drug use. Despite decades of universities taking the ‘just say no’ approach, and…
National Overdose Awareness and Naloxone campaign launches in the UK
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A new national Overdose Awareness and Naloxone campaign – thought to be the first of its kind – has launched…
Drugs Could Soon Be Decriminalised In The Australian Capital Territory. Here’s Why That Would Be A Positive Step.
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In February this year, Labor backbencher Michael Pettersson introduced a private members bill to remove criminal penalties for possession of…